{"id":147608,"date":"2015-07-18T00:00:40","date_gmt":"2015-07-17T18:30:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=147608"},"modified":"2015-07-18T00:00:40","modified_gmt":"2015-07-17T18:30:40","slug":"slfp-divisions-visible-at-apura-rally-duminda-boycotts-his-rival-gets-new-electorate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/slfp-divisions-visible-at-apura-rally-duminda-boycotts-his-rival-gets-new-electorate\/","title":{"rendered":"SLFP Divisions Visible At A&#8217;pura Rally: Duminda Boycotts, His Rival Gets New Electorate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Clearly showing divisions in the SLFP, several key ex- Parliamentarians supporting President Maithripala Sirisena did not take part in the rally held in support of Mahinda Rajapaksa.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_147382\" style=\"width: 170px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Duminda-Disa.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-147382\" class=\"size-full wp-image-147382\" src=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Duminda-Disa.jpg\" alt=\"Duminda Dissanayake\" width=\"160\" height=\"160\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Duminda-Disa.jpg 160w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Duminda-Disa-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Duminda-Disa-50x50.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 160px) 100vw, 160px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-147382\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Duminda Dissanayake<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The notable absentee among them was Minister Duminda Dissanayake who boycotted the rally held at Salgadu stadium in Anuradhapura.<\/p>\n<p>S.B. Dissanayake, Shantha Bandara and Sarath Amunugama too were not seen among members who took part in the rally.<\/p>\n<p>Although Opposition Leader Nimal Siripala de Silva attended the rally, he looked stressed and pensive.<\/p>\n<p>A few hours before the rally, President Maithripala Sirisena appointed a new electorate organizer for Mihinthale. He was S.M. Ranjith Samarakoon, Chief Minister of the North Central province. Samarakoon is widely considered as the political rival of Minister Dissanayake.<\/p>\n<p>The rally did not have a single picture of President Maithripala Sirisena who is also the Chairman of the UPFA.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":147382,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,1,6980,2375],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-147608","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-colombotelegraph","category-news","category-sri-lanka-parliamentary-elections-2015","category-stories"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>SLFP Divisions Visible At A&#039;pura Rally: Duminda Boycotts, His Rival Gets New Electorate - Colombo Telegraph<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/slfp-divisions-visible-at-apura-rally-duminda-boycotts-his-rival-gets-new-electorate\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"SLFP Divisions Visible At A&#039;pura Rally: Duminda Boycotts, His Rival Gets New Electorate - 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